Additional Considerations for US Funding Proposals

Documentation Required for NIH Sub-Grants

The following nine pieces of documentation must be completed and submitted for signatures to the University of Alberta (U of A) co-applicants, department, faculty and Research Facilitation Office for signatures.

To create your signature page, use the Request for New Application/Proposal/Project form. U of A Co-Applicants still need to sign the signature pages generated through the Researcher Home Page. Please have the U of A co-applicant sign and circulate for signature with the completed package by his/her department, faculty and institution.

Note: The Pre-Submission Supplementary Signature page is no longer being used as signature pages are now created through the Researcher Home Page.

The template on the last page should be filled out, printed on U of A letterhead, and signed by the co-applicant from the U of A. The Consortium Institution signatures are not required. The Authorized Administrative Official Signature will be provided by the research facilitator.

This is required as the U of A will need to enter into a consortium agreement with the principal applicant's university and will require the information on the principal investigator’s face page.

The NIH face page does not need to be signed by the principal applicant's officials, and, if the budget is not finalized, these spaces can be left blank. (This page would be part of the original application).

Please include the sub award budget pages including the budget justification.

It is also necessary to include the facilities and administration costs (or indirect costs) for the U of A under section H "Indirect Costs". The U of A indirect costs are 8% of direct costs (excluding equipment). Our authority to request 8% is not as a result of an IDC rate agreement; rather, it is as a result of a NIH notice: DHHS Notice NOT-OD-01-028, Eft 10/01.